L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

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Did gondola duty “Today” rival, briefly Middling

Short staff?

Dollar alternative Short trip

Alpha’s antithesis Beat in the kitchen “Wait ... let me start over” Najimy who voiced Peggy Hill in “King of the Hill” Bad look

Heckle, but not Jeckle The “P” in PIN: Abbr. Unilever swab

Old manuscript copier Scalpel sites, for short Polynesian wrap Rage

To the point

Spa sounds

Early pictures

Some online reads Diamond surfaces Georgia gridders, to fans “Ginger __”: 1952 Newbery Medal-winning book

“Spring forward” letters School reunion attendee Car radio button Oxygen-eating bacteria Asian festival

Gets dirty

Busy center

Uncle Sam’s land, proudly Bunny tail

Coral component

Big shot: Abbr. Cellar, but not collar, opening

Belief common to much religion

“Explain, please?” Western PA airport code Disappearing retail giant Hosp. readouts Lodge opening? Patel of “Slumdog Millionaire”

Gets one’s feet wet Milne hopper Caught

First novel in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle Sign of a hit

Wks. and wks. Platters in sleeves Beautify

Puts down

Honors

Svelte

911 pro

Culture: Pref.

Friend of Goat in “Pearls Before Swine” Some skippers 97 99

Flock hangout List-shortening term 103 Sticks on a boat 105 Boat owner’s rental 106 Flat owner, maybe 108 Sound

109 Fitness mantra opening 111 Method for slow, steady progress

Like a fleabag motel Asian wraps

Dusk, to Donne

__ dish

Half of scissors? Hacking targets: Abbr. Sellout letters Hackneyed 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121

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Space savers

Beach toys

Early Mesoamerican sculptors

It may be golden Some retired academics Point

Karmann __: classic VW President before an Adams Eponymous newborn score creator Sauces for sushi Yoga syllables 11 12 13

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Overlook

Lustful looker Comics cry from a birdcage Member of three L.A. Lakers championship teams

Feeling ecstatic Stadium merch Uses a Zoom alternative “Hair” dos

First name of Dickens’ Madame Defarge Ed.’s stack Dudley’s toon foe Make every effort Brother of Ham Fancy poultry dish Retired fliers: Abbr. Superior to all others Sheepish girl? Gentrification target Negative forecast Campaign funders Alaskan native “SNL” staples

Took a breather Heat up

O’er and o’er again Features of urns Loosens, as a tot’s pajamas 60

Soft hits just over the infield

Big name in tennis Carpenter’s groove Sierra __

LGBT History Mo. Drawers?

“__ a loss” Remote area known for its middle?

81 Hermione’s guy

82 Stream blockers 85 Assumed names 87 Paging devices

89 Family dinner fowl

90 Half of some couples 91 Hershey’s caramel candies 93 A time to dye

96 Granada girls

97 It’s a sign

98 __ Park, Colorado

100 Christine of “A Beautiful

Day in the Neighborhood” 101 Like radon, say

102 Home on high

104 Kick starter?

106 L, in box scores

107 “What a mess!”

110 TV’s Burrell and baseball’s

Cobb

112 Ocean flipper

113 Back (out)

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